Olive Warbler

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Olive Warbler
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Peucedramidae
Wolters, 1980
Genus: Peucedramus
Henshaw, 1875
Species: P. taeniatus
Binomial name
Peucedramus taeniatus
(Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)

The Olive Warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus , is a small passerine bird, the only member of the family Peucedramidae.

This species breeds from Arizona, USA, south through Mexico to Nicaragua. It is the only bird family endemic to North America (including Central America). It was in the past classed with the Parulidae (New World warblers), but DNA studies suggest that it split early from the other related passerines, prior to the differentiation of the entire New World warbler/American sparrow/Icterid group. It is therefore now given a family of its own.

The Olive Warbler is a long-winged bird. It has a grey body with some olive-green on the wings and two white wing bars. The male's head and breast are orange, and there is a black patch through the eye. In the female and juvenile, the orange is replaced by yellow, and the black mask is more diffuse. The song consists of clear whistles.

It is a non-migratory insectivorous species of coniferous forests. It lays 3-4 eggs in a tree nest.

  • Family: Peucedramidae
    • Olive Warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus

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[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Peucedramus taeniatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  • Wheatley, Nigel and Brewer, David. Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2001. Only endemic family to North/Central America

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Book

  • Lowther, P. E., and J. Nocedal. 1997. Olive Warbler (Peucedramus taeniatus). In The Birds of North America, No. 310 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.

[edit] Thesis

  • Hobart HH. Ph.D. (1991). Comparative karyology in nine-primaried oscines (Aves). The University of Arizona, United States -- Arizona.

[edit] Articles

  • Ewing KE. (1971). Olive Warbler at Mccoy Eagle County Colorado. Colorado Field Ornithologist. vol 9, no 32.
  • Groth JG. (1998). Molecular phylogenetics of finches and sparrows: Consequences of character state removal in cytochrome b sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. vol 10, no 3. p. 377-390.
  • Lovette IJ & Hochachka WM. (2006). Simultaneous effects of phylogenetic niche conservatism and competition on avian community structure. Ecology. vol 87. no 7. Suppl. S14-S28.
  • Martinez-Morales, Miguel Angel. (2004). New records of birds in the cloud forest of northeastern Hidalgo, Mexico. HUITZIL. vol 5. no 2. p. 12-19. (Spanish article, English abstract)
  • Rusterholz KA. (1981). Competition and the Structure of an Avian Foraging Guild. American Naturalist. vol 118, no 2. p. 173-190.
  • Vander Wall SB & Sullivan K. (1977). Olive Warblers in the San-Francisco Mountains Arizona. Western Birds. vol 8, no 3.